Decorative product and method of making the same.



W-. STUHLMILLER. DECORATIVE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. ms.

12173660. Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

WILLIAM STUH M'ILLER, orivnw roan, N. Y.

DECORATIVE PRODUCT AND METHOD or MAKING 'rrinsaianj' Continuation ofapplication SerialNo..826,445, filed March 21, 1914. This applicationfiled April 24, 1916.

' Serial No. 93,318;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, WILLIAM S'rUI-ILMIL- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Decorative Productand Method of Making the Same, of which the following is aspecification, the same being a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art towhich itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention as set forth herein, relates to methods employed in theart of depicting or delineating in colors of various kinds, with orwithout the use of a prepared surface; and in particular to a process ofimparting a plurality of hues or tints tobodies by the employment ofcoloring matters comprising substances which are preferably mixed withoil mediums so that the finished article shall comprise a plurality ofcolors, the lines of demarcation between the'several color coatingsbeing clear and distinct; and also to the decorative product producedthereby.

In order to attain the desired end, the invention consists in theprocess indicated above, and in the new and ornamental article ofmanufacture made thereby, and also in novel features in the operation,and in the combination and arrangement, of the same as hereinafterdescribed.

One practical embodiment of the invention comprises the artificialreproduction of natural wood grains and fibers to show two colors on asuitable surface, such. as paper, cloth, wood, etc., to be appliedveither directly to a solid surface, or else on a separate sheet orfaces. 7

It is well known that Wall coverings, such as wall paper having a smoothface, as well as embossed room decorative fabrics, are. easily marred bybeing rubbed against by the clothes of persons or by moving furniture,etc., and that wall paperi'becomes torn or scraped, and the highornamental portions of embossed fabrics become worn away in use, therebyshowing the unsightly. foundation or base portion thereof, thuspresenting a botchy appearance in time.

The object of this invention is to produce panel to be aifixed to othersura party-colored and uneven faced decorative fabric wherein the highor raised ornamental. portions of the same shall extend integrallydownward into the very substance itself of the loweror depressedportions thereof, and below the plane of the same, inorder that nomatter what-wear thefabric is subjectedto, the design will appeardistinct and clear, not only while thesaid raised parts are worn away inuse, but also until the said lower portions themselves which areprotected. by the said high parts have become practically entirelyobliterated by wear. i

A fabric for awall'covering made in accordance with this invention willtherefore be of very long life, and" will continue to show the designwith a clear, distinct and pleasing appearance not only while the highportions thereof are being worn away, but

, also until the entire body'of the fabric itself is destroyed by use.It will not be affected .deleteriously by scratches or knocks such asthickness, as 2, may be applied. The desired end maybe attained byapplying any suitable liquid oil colorcoating in. proper form, and alsoan admixture of'oil miXable color ings, as 3, after the partial dryingof the pria'ppliedfl WVhile still in a. soft. or undried condition, thesaid oil color coating may be I Specification of Letters Patent. iPatentedFb, 21 191?,

mary oil'color coating to which the same is worked with the necessarytools to form 7 irregularly spaced portions of irregular shape in orderto produce the natural effect of wood .fibers, A representation of. theveins of marble, onyx, etc., may be obtained I by the employment ofmyinvention. Bronze objects or other ornamental an articles may also bedepicted by the use :of powdered bronzes of various hues incorporatedwith suitableliquid oil mediums and applied in the manner indicated.When the invention is desired to be used otherwise than by being-applieddirectly to wall surfaces, the

i finished product may be in the form of suitvertical to the surface ofthe moist oil color coating, by reason of which, portions of the oilcolor coating are bodily scraped off leaving a series of sharply definedand preferably lengthwise or longitudinally extending valleys, as itwere. The lower parts-of said valleys clearly disclose the tint of thebase of the surface free from any smudges or eommingling of the oilcolors, if desired, and after drying, forming, through its chemicalaction in drying, a hard mass, appearing the same as the raised naturalgrains or fibers of wood, marble, onyx, etc.

In forcing the tool through the upper or secondary coating to stripe thesame, the portions thereof intermediate adjacent abrading portions ofthe instrument, meeting with the resistance of the latter, arecompressed and somewhat forced into, or below the.

plane of, the still moist primary coating, whereby, when worn to asmooth surface, the secondary stripes will show between portions of theprimary coating. In the drawing, the line 0090 indicates the plane ofthe top of the oil color coating 3 as it appears when first applied, andthe line e -g denotes the plane of the bottom of the same, whichoriginally coincides with the plane of the top of the oil color coating2. After being worked with a tool to make ridges and valleys, the lowerparts of the ridges will become incorporated into the surface of the oilcolor coating 2, and will lie below the upper plane of the same as isindicated by the line zz.

After a moist oil color coating is superposed upon a body it ispreferably allowed to stand until it becomes partially oxidized, or hasbecome somewhat dry and sufficiently firm, although still somewhatmoist, and then another moist oil color coating is applied to the formerone. The upper oil color coating is then abraded as by striping portionsof the same with a suitable tool while still moist to form ridges, thetool also serving to abrade to a more limited extent the first namedcoating.

By this means the exposed portions of the primary coating interveningbetween the ridges become further oxidized by the air, and the coveredportions thereof become further oxidized, by the oxygen in the saidridges, which results in causing the latter, by the chemical actioninvolved in the same operation, to become incorporated into the verysubstance itself of the primary coating.

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After this, the compound coatings are preferably allowed to stand untilthe chemical reaction therein is sufiicient to form a homogeneous masscomprising stripings of the secondary coating extending integrally downbelow the plane of the lower one. This formation prevents the saidridges from being removed or entirely worn away without also practicallyobliterating the lower coating.

The resultant decorative product will be found to be a party-colored anduneven faced article consisting of a body or base upon which issuperposed an oil color coating and comprising superposed stripings of ap referably different color extending below the plane of the saidcoating and integral ridges of one color striping extending above thesaid plane.

Inasmuch as the tool used in carrying out my invention is preferablyoperated manually, no two persons will be able to produce an exactduplicate of any design, but the effect thereof will. be varied inappearance in all cases.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theparticular use or the exact details of construction shown and described,for various modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What I claim as my invention is:

The process of producing a decorative effect, comprising thesuperposition upon a body of a moist oil color coating; then letting thesame stand until it is partially oxidized or has become somewhat dry andsufficiently firm; then applying another moist oil color coating to thefirst one; and afterward abrading by striping portions of the secondaryupper coating while still moist to form ridges, to allow the interveningopen portions of the primary coating to become more oxidized by the air,and "the covered portions thereof to become more oxidized by the oxygenin the said ridges and to allow the latter to become incorporated intothe substance of the primary coating; and finally letting the compoundcoatings stand until the chemical reaction is sufficient to form ahomogeneous mass comprising stripings of the upper coating below theplane of the lower one, and to prevent the said ridges from beingremoved without also obliterating the lower coating.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same inthe city of New York, county and State of New York this 19tlrday ofApril, 1916.

WILLIAM STUHLMILLER. I/Vitnesses:

JULIUS W. KRUGER,

A. HEALY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. l

